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George M. Wang v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2017-1827 · judgment June 20, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 5, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

The question presented is: Whether the claims of the very useful invention contain "additional features" embodying an inventive concept that makes the invention patent-eligible.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George M. Wang

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, November 5, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 05 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 17 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
  3. Oct 09 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
  4. Sep 18 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)